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View Poll Results: Do you agree with ban on smoking inside cars with children?

re: Smoking Illegal With Children In Car[W:501]

Originally Posted by Kreton

Just because something is unhealthy or selfish doesnt mean it should be illegal. To me this isn't a question of should people smoke around others, but rather the government over stepping. Just because something is good for you, or bad for you doesn't mean the government should be able to force it upon you.

I'll be the first (if I can) to step in and say everyone should have the freedom to do any damn fool thing to their own bodies they want. That's not what this thread is about, though.

re: Smoking Illegal With Children In Car[W:501]

To me this is a question of one person's rights over another person's rights. Children have rights too and should not be forced to travel in vehicles with adults smoking around them. Since children really have no choice when it comes to whether or not they are traveling in a car, then they should be protected from having adults (who should be more concerned with the child's welfare rather than their own selfish need to smoke, but not all are) smoking around them, an action that is known to be harmful to the health of the child, both short term and long term, despite denial of this.

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